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Name: PRINGLE, William 'Willie'
Nee: bro of James Turner Pringle
Birth Date: 4 June 1879 Scotland
Death Date: 28 Dec 1965 Gilgil
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1965
Profession: Farmer at Lamelok, Gilgil
Area: Kedong, 1922 Naivasha, 1914 Gilgil, Lamalok Gilgil
Married: In Inveresk 31 Jan 1916 Helen Currie b. 28 Aug 1877 Temple, Midlothian, d. 28 Dec 1965 Nairobi
Children: None
Book Reference: Mrs Mary Hoey, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Leader14, Barnes
General Information:
Dour old Scotsman - Lowland Scot - Bit of a rough diamond but quite good at his job of running the Colvile Kedong ranch.
Red 22 - W. Pringle, Naivasha AND W. Pringle, Gilgil
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Naivasha - W. Pringle (British), Settler, Gilgil
Church of Goodwill, Kekopey cemetery - in loving memory of/William Pringle / aged 86 / of Lamalok, Gilgil / second son of the late / Mr & Mrs William Pringle / of Huntleycot and Temple farms / Gorebridge, Scotland / and / beloved husband of the late / Helen Currie / (interred Nairobi) / who died on the 28th December 1965 / after 55 years in Kenya / erected by his nephew / William Pringle / Temple, Gorebridge
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery Inscription: in loving memory of / Helen Currie / died 19th December 1943 / beloved wife of William Pringle
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - W. Pringle - Farmer - Gilgil
Red 25 - W. Pringle, Gilgil,
Red 31 - W. Pringle, Ndabibi, Gilgil.
Hut - 1922 Manager Ndabibi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Gazette 21 Dec 1965 probate says he d. 28 Nov 1965 at Nakuru